{{short description|Provider of secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration applications}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox company | name = Workshare | logo = LOGO WS.png | type = Privately held company | industry = Software | founded = {{start date |1999}} | founder = Barrie Hadfield | defunct = {{End date |2019}} | fate = Acquired | successor = Litera | hq_location_city = London | hq_location_country = United Kingdom | area_served = Legal Services, Professional Services, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical | key_people = Barrie Hadfield (CTO), Michael Garrett (CEO) | products = Workshare Compare, Workshare Secure, Workshare Transact | services = Document comparison, collaboration, security and deal transaction management | parent = Litera | website = {{URL|www.workshare.com}} }}
'''Workshare''' was a British provider of secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration applications.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Koplowitz|first=Rob|title=Document Collaboration Vendor Landscape|journal=Forrester|date=30 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Kao|first=Kristine |author2=McClure, Terri |author3=Oltsik, John|title=Market Landscape Report: Corporate Online File Sharing and Collaboration Security and Governance|journal=ESG|date=14 November 2013|url=http://www.esg-global.com/market-landscape-reports/corporate-online-file-sharing-and-collaboration-security-and-governance1/|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> It allowed content owners to track and compare changes in documents from multiple contributors simultaneously.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pelz-Sharpe|first=Alan|title=Workshare broadens its reach in secure collaboration|url=https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=76197|accessdate=11 June 2013|newspaper=451 Research|date=7 March 2013}}</ref> The company has been part of US company Litra since 2019.
== History == In 1999, UK technology entrepreneur Barrie Hadfield co-founded Workshare as a provider of client-server document comparison software.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swabey|first=Pete|title=UK tech firms eye opportunity in content revolution|url=http://www.information-age.com/industry/software/2126638/uk-tech-firms-eye-opportunity-in-content-revolution|accessdate=11 June 2013|newspaper=Information Age|date=5 October 2012}}</ref> Workshare's applications are used by legal and professional services organizations to track changes in contracts and documents.
In 2012, Workshare merged with Skydox, also founded by Barrie Hadfield, a provider of cloud-enabled document collaboration software for the enterprise sector.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Maija|title=Deal creates UK document sharing challenger|url=http://blogs.ft.com/tech-blog/2012/09/deal-creates-uk-document-sharing-challenger/?Authorised=false|work=Financial Times|publisher=Pearson PLC|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref> Scottish Equity Partners and Business Growth Fund invested £20m in the deal.<ref>{{cite web|last=British Growth Fund|title=SEP and BGF back SkyDox and Workshare. Anothny Foy, the new CEO gutted the US based operations in his plan to outsource many jobs overseas, thus putting dozens of long time employees out of work.|url=http://www.businessgrowthfund.co.uk/inform/news/skydox-investment|publisher=British Growth Fund|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wauters|first=Robin|title=Workshare teams up with Skydox for collaboration software powerhouse, backed by $32.2m in new funding|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/12/workshare-teams-skydox-collaboration-software-powerhouse-backed-32-2m-new-funding/|accessdate=11 June 2013|newspaper=The Next Web|date=12 September 2012}}</ref>
Workshare acquired IdeaPlane, an enterprise social network, in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wauters|first=Robin|title=Workshare strengthens its enterprise software offering with acquisition of UK based Ideaplane |url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/11/28/workshare-strengthens-its-enterprise-software-offering-with-acquisition-of-uk-based-ideaplane/|accessdate=11 June 2013|newspaper=The Next Web|date=28 November 2012}}</ref>
In 2019, Workshare was acquired by its competitor, Litera.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Skolnik |first1=Sam |title=Rise of the 'Platform' Slated to Drive 2020 Legal Tech Deals |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/rise-of-the-platform-slated-to-drive-2020-legal-tech-deals |publisher=Bloomberg Law |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
== See also == * Collaborative software * Document collaboration * Document Management Systems * Cloud Storage * Cloud collaboration * Social business * Software as a Service
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Category:British companies established in 1999 Category:Companies based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets